Shaykh Ahmad Kuftaro

In 1987, His eminence Shaikh Ahmad Kuftaro held a second summit meeting with Pope John Paul II in Malta and gave a lecture, reproduced in this book, entitled “Co-Existence in the Mediterranean.”

In June of 1991, he headed the Islamic Delegation in a “Muslim-Christian Dialogue” in Istanbul, where he spoke on “The Role of the Family in Muslim Society”. This talk is reproduced in this book. The same year in November he gave

In recent years, Shaikh Ahmad Kuftaro has come to believe strongly that America can recover its religious heritage and share the Islamic heritage in order to renew global civilization in the Twenty-First Century. He acted on this belief in June, 1989, by a two-week visit, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, to lecture and visit many religious centers and leaders in Washington D.C., Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Florida.

In August 1990, he attended “The Assembly of World Religions” in San Francisco, where he gave several lectures, including two reproduced books entitled “The Quran Extends its Hand to Mankind” and “Spirituality in the Twenty-First Century” In December 1992, during a visit to New York, he delivered the address reproduced in this book, entitled, “The Conscience of Islam.”

In 1993, Shaikh Ahmad Kuftaro’s Abu Nour Center opened a branch in Baltimore, Maryland, the An-Nour Institute, under the leader ship of Muhammad Bashar `Arafat, and sent it in a short message, which is produced as a conclusion to this book.

The chronological evolution of Shaikh Ahmad’s priorities thoughou his life shows that he first focused inwardly of rebuilding Islam through education, freedom of religion, and da’wa among Muslims, and then shifted his focus outwardly through Islam to rebuild the world through interfaith cooperation, stewardship of the earth,and developing America moral leadership for the twenty-first century.